Michael Abrams, Senior Vice President, Innovation, The Walt Disney Company said, “Technological innovation has always been a core value of The Walt Disney Company, and the Disney Accelerator allows us to connect with new ideas, entrepreneurs and innovation from around the world.”

Ambidio

Ambidio is working on bringing immersive surround-sound audio to personal devices.

aXiomatic

aXiomatic is an esports and gaming company that holds a majority stake in Team Liquid, a top esports team in the U.S. and Europe, and a stake in Super League Gaming.

Brit + Co

Brit + Co is a digital media company with a total monthly audience of over 130 million that targets a female audience through content, online classes and merchandising.

Epic Games

Epic Games, creators of the Unreal Engine game engine, are working with Disney to create entertainment experiences across multiple platforms.

Hoodline

Hoodline are developers of a local news and content discovery platform, Atlas, which uses machine learning to create and distribute geo-tagged, personalised content from hundreds of media partners into websites and mobile apps.

Kahoot!

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform with more than 50 million monthly active users in 180 countries. The company is focused on engaging K-12 kids with STEAM subjects.

ProductionPro

ProductionPro enable creative collaboration in film, television, and theatre production by co-ordinating scripts, research, and designs to empower decision-making.

MessageYes

MessageYes have created a mobile messaging e-commerce platform that lets customers simply reply “YES” to a personalized text or message to buy products on their phones.

Savioke

Savioke is a robotics company that develops autonomous indoor delivery robots to assist workers, for example in logistics facilities and apartment buildings. Savioke is starting a pilot with Relay in a hotel at Walt Disney World Resort and is looking at ways to work with Walt Disney Imagineering.

The VOID

The VOID’s ground-breaking mix of interactive sets, virtual reality, real-time effects, and state-of-the-art technology has already been seen with the Ghostbusters VR experience. Tickets are now on sale for the eagerly anticipated Star Wars™: Secrets of the Empire hyper-reality experience which will debut at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando on December 16 and Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on January 5.